November 2016 Voter Guide California State Ballot Measures

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Prop 55, Vote YES
Extends the temporary personal income tax increases approved in 2012 on incomes over $250,000 for 12 years to be used for education and healthcare funding.

Prop 57, Vote YES
Allows judges, instead of prosecutors, to decide whether a minor should be tried as an adult and aims to cut the state prison population by giving incarcerated individuals a chance to apply for earlier parole.

Prop 58, Vote YES
Provides better education for those with language barriers, by repealing Proposition 227, a 1998 initiative that ended bilingual education in the state.

Prop 59, Vote YES
Sends a message to legislators that voters support legislators overturning the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which struck down limits on independent campaign expenditures by corporations and unions.

Prop 62, Vote YES
Eliminates California’s death penalty (and replaces it with a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole).

Prop 64, Vote YES
Legalizes the recreational use of marijuana for adults 21 and over, which
would reduce the number of people arrested and incarcerated for drug offenses.

Prop 66, Vote NO
Speeds up the death penalty and reduces due process by limiting appeals on death penalty sentences.

ALERT: ICE is planning raids on the Cambodian community in the next few weeks. If you are Cambodian, have a deportation order, and were asked to check-in with ICE soon, contact 415-952-0413 to speak to a lawyer.

For resources and information regarding legal services, visit SEAraids.org ... See Less

I love you all, my Southeast Asian brothers and sisters! You’re not alone in this fight!!

2 hours ago · 1

My understanding is the US plans to deport 200 cambodians per year until everybody with an order of removal is deported. I don't mean to cause fear but I strongly encourage anybody with a removal order to fight their cases now because once you are detained it becomes much more difficult to have access to attorneys and other resources. I fear this cycle will continue over the next few years.

None of us are free unless all of us are free from fear! This is unacceptable!

7 hours ago · 6

Immigration lawyer ain’t going to do anything but take your money

4 hours ago · 2

Again come on! This is no way to live😠

8 hours ago · 1

Thavanh Vongkeo

6 hours ago

Lean Pil share with your philly friends

5 hours ago

David Seng

6 hours ago

I am an immigration attorney and I was at immigration court today. I represented four individuals, all from Vietnam, all legal permanent residents with old crimes and recent entries to the U.S. I echo the suggestions above. If you have a removal/deportation order, if you have a history of crimes, if you plan on traveling outside of the U.S., speak with an immigration attorney.

1 hour ago

What about Stockton???? My brother in law check in march!!!! What should he do???

The Cambodian and Viet communities are again targeted by US militarism-police abuse: from being attacked and displaced in the war in Indochina to becoming refugees to living in US ghetto-conditions to jail now to deportation. This is generational torture by imperialism. Like the Central American exodus the US exports war and guns, imports labor via refugees, over polices them and deports people, and so the cycle continues. I am so sad and sick. I take actions at rallies and make donations to express my rage and solidarity but where do I put the sadness.